Immortal after a Hundred Reincarnations

Xu Lei understood because this was, in fact, the decision he himself had made.

He didn’t want to share these resources with others just for the sake of revenge.

After all, Xu Lei could reincarnate endlessly. He could take his time and play with these Demons.

In the future, these Demons would all become Xu Lei’s Cultivation resources!

Only this would be a fitting price for the life he had previously lost!

Besides, the Enchantresses gave Xu Lei no opening.

Having not detected the human Cultivators lurking nearby, they turned and left in unison at a wave from the leading Male Enchantress.

After all, in this day and age, humans ultimately held the upper hand.

They, as Demons, had to be cautious.

The last time they had dared to move against Xu Lei was because they had already discovered him. Moreover, they knew he wasn’t very strong—just a mere Cultivator of the Lower Three Realms.

’We have all the time in the world. There’s no rush. I’ll play with you all slowly.’

Xu Lei thought to himself as he watched their retreating figures.

Afterward, Xu Lei returned to the temple.

He began to refine the Demon Core he had obtained earlier to aid his Cultivation.

「Nineteen years later.」

On this day, Xu Lei, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, opened his eyes.

"Third Tier of the Bodhisattva Fruit Realm... still a little ways to go."

Xu Lei muttered to himself, "Cultivation in the Middle Three Realms feels much harder than before! My aptitude is still holding me back."

Over a decade ago, Xu Lei had first refined the Demon Core he obtained.

After that, he had cultivated for over another year.

Then, he had condensed his second Bodhisattva Fruit.

He reached the Second Tier of Bodhisattva Fruit.

His Magical Power capacity increased once more.

Its quality improved as well.

Afterward, however, Xu Lei could only rely on grinding it out over time.

He had been grinding away for over a decade.

But even now, he still hadn’t managed another breakthrough.

’I’ll just have to take it slow.’

’Haste makes waste.’

After comforting himself with these thoughts, Xu Lei opened the door and stepped outside.

Suddenly, a carrier pigeon flew in, wings flapping, and delivered a message scroll.

He opened it and read the message: Prince Mu was about to pass away!

Startled, Xu Lei immediately descended the mountain and headed for the Mu Prince’s Mansion.

Xu Lei was now eighty-one years old.

He looked to be in his forties.

But Mu Yao was already covered in wrinkles, her hair a stark white.

"Thank you, Living Buddha."

"In this life," she said on her deathbed, "Yaoyao has no regrets."

A flicker of sorrow passed through Xu Lei’s heart.

Then, following Mu Yao’s last wishes, he personally performed her last rites and oversaw her cremation.

In the process, he naturally retrieved the Jade Pendant he had given her all those years ago.

As for Mu Yao’s wife, Su Yilin, and Concubine Ping, Cheng Shawu, as well as their Maids Xiang Ling, Chun Hua, and Qiuyue, they had all passed away, one after another, a few years prior.

Before Su Yilin and Cheng Shawu died, they too had said they had no regrets about meeting Xu Lei.

Although Xu Lei hadn’t always been by their side over the years, they had lived very well because of him. In the eyes of many mortals of the era, they were winners at life.

In a society like theirs, most women didn’t have grand aspirations for their own lives.

They were relatively easy to satisfy.

Thus, they deeply cherished and were grateful for their lives as Princess Consorts.

「A little over ten days later.」

After Mu Yao’s funeral was concluded, Xu Lei turned to leave, despite the pleas of her children and grandchildren at the Mu Prince’s Mansion for him to stay.

He had only just returned when he received news of the deaths of Su Chun, Yiyi, and Shen Ling’er.

Xu Lei hadn’t even been able to see Shen Ling’er one last time.

He only received a letter passed on to him by her descendants.

The letter, they said, was written with great difficulty during a final burst of lucidity before Shen Ling’er’s death.

It contained only a single line:

"If there is a next life, Ling’er still wishes to devote herself to the Living Buddha."

Reading that single line, Xu Lei felt a pang in his heart.

As for Su Chun and Yiyi, Xu Lei was able to see them one last time.

"My husband, how are you still so young?"

Su Chun, her own hair white and face lined with wrinkles, gazed at Xu Lei and said, "But your Chun’er must leave you first."

"It is a pity we cannot follow the Master’s path to eternal life."

Yiyi added, "But regardless, to have had the Master’s care and affection in this life has been the greatest of honors!"

In the end, they smiled blissfully, their gazes lingering on Xu Lei with reluctance. They both passed away on the same day.

Looking at them after they had passed, Xu Lei couldn’t help the moisture that welled in his eyes.

「A little over ten days later.」

Xu Lei finished handling their funeral arrangements.

Then, he went to see Xu Yan’er.

"Grandfather, Grandmother is unwilling to see you," a delicate-featured young woman said respectfully. "You should leave. Grandmother is very insistent!"

Xu Yan’er had not yet passed away.

She was, after all, the youngest of Xu Lei’s women.

But by now, her hair had turned white, her face was wrinkled, and her body was stooped.

She could not bear to meet Xu Lei—who was still straight-backed and handsome as a man in his prime—in such a state.

"Yan’er, if you do not wish to see me, then we shall not meet."

Xu Lei said, "Remember to eat and sleep well. Listen to your granddaughter. Your big brother is leaving now. If you need anything, send someone to the temple to find me."

With that, he turned and left.

He, too, felt a touch of sadness in his heart.

He knew the next time they met would likely be when Yan’er passed away.

But there was nothing to be done. Old age, sickness, and death were unavoidable.

Upon returning to the temple, Xu Lei was planning to continue his Cultivation, hoping to break through to the Third Tier of the Bodhisattva Fruit Realm in one push.

He didn’t expect a visit from Hui Ming.

And the first words out of his mouth left Xu Lei utterly astonished.

"Junior Brother Hui Chi!"

Hui Ming said, "In three days, Daoist Chun Yuan will undergo his Ascension Thunder Tribulation!

At that time, I will also attempt to cross my own tribulation into nirvana and attain my Dao!

Failure means death, my very existence wiped away!

Success means achieving the Bodhisattva Fruit Position!

You’ve never witnessed a Cultivator Crossing the Tribulation to Ascend or attain their Dao with your own eyes, have you?

Are you interested in coming to watch?"